Gears 5: 3 Game of the Year awards

No: Gears 5 collected 3 Game of the Year awards in 2019 and finished No. 15; the season went to Death Stranding with 118. The Game Awards named Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice its Game of the Year.

Gears 5 is a 2019 third-person shooter video game developed by The Coalition and published by Xbox Game Studios for Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. It is the fifth main installment of the Gears of War series and the sequel to Gears of War 4.

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Gears 5 finished #15 in the 2019 race, with 3 GOTY awards from media outlets and reader votes worldwide.

3Total awards
3Media outlets
0Readers' choice
1Countries

Also in the 2019 season: Death Stranding (118), Resident Evil 2 (95), Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (85), Metro Exodus (6), A Plague Tale: Innocence (5), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (5), Red Dead Redemption 2 (3), Astral Chain (2) · full results

Quick answers

How many Game of the Year awards did Gears 5 win?

Gears 5 won 3 Game of the Year awards in the 2019 season — 0.6% of every award tracked that season. 3 came from editorial picks and 0 from readers' polls, across 1 country.

Did Gears 5 win Game of the Year?

No. It finished No. 15 in 2019, behind Death Stranding, which collected 118 Game of the Year awards.

Game facts

Single-playerYes
Co-opNo
Split screenNo
MultiplayerYes
Online multiplayerNo
Released10 September 2019
DeveloperThe Coalition
PublisherXbox Game Studios

third-person shooter
post-apocalyptic video game
Microsoft Windows
Xbox One
Xbox Series X and Series S

Where the awards came from

Country	Awards
United States	3

Every outlet that named it Game of the Year

Outlet	Country	Year
But Why Tho?	United States	2019
Critically Sane (timestamp: 1:45:00)	United States	2019
The Charleston Gazette-Mail	United States	2019

← Full 2019 results

Updated 2 October 2026 · Source: the Meta Awards database, where every award row cites where it was published.